Anton schtjlte



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, i A. SGH'ULTB. GAR CURTAINZSTRETGHER R01) .AND GUIDE ATTAHMBNT HOOK.

,1v-0,524,972. Patented Angel, 1894.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

,ANTON sonUL'rE, or sir. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AssIcNoR orV ONEHALFTOW1LLtAM`B.-KRU EeER, or SAME PLACE.

CAR-CURTAIN STRETCHER-ROD AND'GUlDE TTACHMENI-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters 4Patent No. 524,972, dated August21, 1894.

Application filed March 24, 1894.

.To al? whom it may-concern: *d

Be 1t known'th'at I, ANTON SCHULTE, of the city of St. Lou1s,m theState-of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulIrnprovement inCarfCurtain Stretcher- Rods and GulderAttachment-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a` full, clear, and exactdescriptiom reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for the secure attachment, outwardstretching and free movement of car curtains, in combination withaspring tension dual rod; and the'` 'inyention consists in features ofnovelty herelnafter fully described-and pointedout in the claims..

. telescopic tube, that incloses the Vdual spring,

Figuregl is-a front or inside elevationofthe curtain frame, an with itsstretcher attac ment therein. Fig. II is an enlarged, horizontalsectionoi the tension rod that constitutes a spring exten# sionstretcher at the f t of the curtain, and shows the coll spring hat alsoactuates' the longitudinal tension of. said dual telescopic. rod; 1talso shows the self adjusting rocker seat of the attachmentl hooks -t'othe guide 'holder bar on the `frame. Fig. III is an enlarged, verticalsection of 'said telescopic tube, and shows the dual tension rod, minusthe coll spring that is disrnounted therefrom.,-

' Fig. IV is an enlarged, horizontal, detailedl section, and shows thecurtain, its attachment stretcher hook, the guide holder bar and theframelto which said bar is secured. Fig. V is an4 enlarged, verticalsection of the same parts.' Fig. VI is an enlarged, horizontal, detailsection of the intermediate stringent stretcher rod, with its hook andits guide holder bar. Fi g.'VII is an enlarged, vertical section of thesame parts. Fig. VIII is an enlarged angle section, taken Online VIII-VIII, Fig. II, and shows the self-adjusting rocker bearings of theattachment hooks in engagement with the guide holder bar. Fig.

y T X is an enlarged, horizontal section, and

shows a modification of the means for secnr` ing said guide holder barto the frame. Fig.

X is an enlarged, horizontal section, and shows a second modification ofthe means for Securing said guide holder bar, to the frame;

shows the curtain j sam Noi 595,029. (No man.)

Vand Fig.4 XI is an enlarged, detail viewof the curved top of theguideholder bar with part broken away to show its facile formv for 'theattachment fand. detachment of the hooks from said'guide holder bar. v vl A Referring to the drawingsz--l represents the inclosing window andcurtain frame, and 2 is the sill of said frame.

3 is the usual spring aotuatedcurtain roller, the journal pivots 4ofwhicha'reusually pivotally seated in said frame at 5, and springactuated by ,the usual means, (in which no novelty is claimed or shown)to spring elevate the curtain'as usual after` its initialstart.

. 6 represents the curtain, the top of'which is `secured to saidroller,"and which during its ascent rolls around the same.

` 7 represents the Vertical metallic guide ends 8 of which, as shownin'the preferred form in Fig. II, are secured to the inside faces ofthesides of the combined curtain and win- -dow frame bythe screws 9i.

10 represents .amoditication of the attachable ends of the guide holderbars, in which modification straight perforate attachment .ends `8 areseated inbox slots 1l in said frame, to reinforce thel hold' of said'guide holder bars where they are also held by the aforesaid attachmentscrews 9.

l2 represents a second modification of the attachable ends of theguide'holder bars, in which the perforate attachable' ends 82 are holderbars, the perforate attachable flange" also straight, as in the firstmoditication,and

are seated on the bevel corners V13.0f said frame, the saidIcornersbeing thus prepared to eet'said seats for said modified perforateattachment ends of said guide holder. bars, which are there secured bythe aforesaid screws 9. The said modified attachment end Vis preferablybeveled off at I4, as shown in i Fig. X, to line with the front of theside piece of the curtain inclosure frame l, to which it is secured. l5are the inwardly turned angle clutch holds of said guide holder bars 7.

16 represents the dual sectional tension spring and telescopic-curtainstay rod, the 'outer telescopic tube. 17 loosely embracing which, isinclosed within the skirt fold 1S of the curtain (l.l For brevitys sake,in numerous references, said part 16 may be 'referred to as the ftelescopic stay rod. 19 represents the major or large end of the primarysection 2O of -said dual spring actuatedtensionsec-- tionsof thetelescopic stay rod, which major end 19 lits and works freely withinsaid outer telescopic case 17. 21 is a' minor-central extension of saidmajor part of said rod, and lntegral therewith, but of considerablyreduced diameter, to allow room for the-mounting and work of one end ofthe actuating Vtension coil-spring 22, the said end being secured by itsclutch loop 23 to the hook lug 24 that projects from said centralextension 2l of said primary section 2O of said telcs copic stay rod 16.25 is a center tube piston bore that passes through said minor centerextension 21 of said rod and fora certain distance into said major part19; 26 is the clutch hook, integral with the outer end' of said majorend 19 of said telescopic .stay rod, which hook is mounted on andclutches the angle hold 15 lof the guide .holder bar 7, and 26' is thebroad terminal of said hook` that runs on line with the insideofsaidguide bar, and braces itself against the same. 27 represents the majoror large end of the seco ndary member 28 -of said dual spring ten- .sionsections of said telescopic stay rod, and Integral with said secondarymajor end 27 is a like clutch hook alike numbered 26 withT a like broadbrace-terminal 26', to its exact counterpart on the reverse end and forthe like purpose above described. 29 are the dual'v inner and outerconvex rocker seats of said clutch hooks, which rocker seats areself-adjusting on the inside and outside of said angle clutch holds 15,of said guide holder bars 7,

so as largely to facilitate the adjustment of the curtain as it iselevated and lowered, preventing its'cramping clutch of saidguide holderbar 7, and constituting an anti-fri-ction device. The said majorpart-27, as in its counterpart 19, is alike ltted'to- Work freely`withinthe outer telescopic case 17.

30 represents an internal, centralscrew bore in the secondary major end27 of the rod, to adjust its stay tension. v

dual telescopic stay rod 16. 31 is a minor extension of said secondarysection of said telescopic stay rod, the screw tip 32 of which isadjnstably seated in, said internal screw 30, to regulate the requiredllength of said 33 represents a piston rod extension of said secondaryminor extension 31, of-l still further reduced diameter, whichpistonworks in the center tube bore 25,-within the primary section 20 ofsaid telescopic stay rod. The reverse end of the actuatiugcoilspring 22to that mounted yand secured onfthre primary minor'extension rod 21, ismgunted on the secondary minor extension rod 31,'to which it is securedby the seating and fastening of its terminal hook 34 in the lock seatbore 35 in said rodl 31.

. 36 is *thehand knob, that is secured'by the clamp helder flange 37, tothe middle of the outer telescopic tube 17, from which said hand knobhangs pendentd Y 38 represents the stili'enine; rod, which rod hasperforate shoulders 39 adjacent to' its ends, in Awhich and in theselvae'e 40 on each` A' side of the curtain, the rivets 41 arerseatedand secured, stretchingvthe curtain outward to its extreme width. Clutchhooks 42 are integral-witht'he terminal vends of said stiffening rod,andsaid hooks have substantially similar dual convex-rocker faces 29, ashave the aforesaid holsjl, ofthe telescopic stay rod'16, land for thesame reason that as said hooks-clu-tch and travel on the angle-holds15'of the guide'holder bar- 7, `the said rocker` faces inside and out ofsaid guide hold conj s titute self adjusting rocker bearings thatse1vagef40 of the curtain by rivets 45, and` in combination with theother previously de scribed ,curtainhook mounted on the same y guidebars keepthe curtain stretched. The said stretcher clutch hooks like thehooks 26 and 42,' have substantially the same form of dual convex rockerseats-orbearings 29, pref viously described 1in relation to said hooks,

as shown in section i'n VFigi VIlL'that pre- 'veut the cramping of anyof said hooks on theirrcombined inside and outside? bearings onsaidguide bars. Only one'pair of said stretcher hooks 43, are. shown inFig. Las the curtain being partly elevated, the upper. pair vis .rolledaround the vroller out o f sight.

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Also only one stiffening rod is l shown, but I do not confine myself tothenumberof 'said rods and stretcherrr hooks, for it is evident that thenumber canbe increased of exactly 5 the same specified construction,without any departure fromthe essential features .of the invention.

46 represent the curved, surmounting ends of the guide holder bars 7,part being broken awaytobetter show its construction'. The` saidsurmounting curve to said guide bar,

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facilitates the passage of the stretcher hooks,

the'stiening ba'r and its hooks, &c., from said guide bar to the curtainroller around.v which they are wound. N

The operation of the device vhas been partly,A bufnot fully indicatedduring the introduction of the several parts, and it may be furtherstated that the guide holder bars7, with their inwardly turned angleclutch holds 15, present an effective donbleguide and holdlfor thetraveling stay hooks 26,' s tiiening hooks42 andstretch-erhooks v43,.andthe curvilinear summits-46 of said guide, holder bars, direct, andfacilitate the passage'of said hooksand of the stilfening bar ,38,.fromsaid guide bar to thecurtainv roller around which 5 they are wound. Alsothe dual'inside '(not manipulated) ,safety bar or bars,

-outside convex, rocker bearings '29 of all said hooks, makes themself-adjusting, when there is any tendency to stick or cramp in thetravels ofsaid hooks, and th broad extension ends '26 .of said hooks 26braces the saine in niain line with the guide bar 7, vs as to steadysaid lifook on its travels.` Also the piston jointed double telescopic,stay rod 16,- y(telescop'ing within itself and within the outertelescopic tube 17",) with its self actuating spring22. Thesaid-spring,with its connections, constituting a self adjusting elastic lstaytension of saidv hooks 26 on the angle clutch holds ofthe guide holderbars 7 when the curtain is at rest, and also on theother hand when thebalance of power'is turne'd vin favor of either an upwardY or downwardmovement of the curtain by simply respectively' pushin g or pulling on'the knob, theelast-ic's'pring gives way, as it were, under protest untilsaid balance oiv p OWer ceases to be exerted. Also all the hooks act as,stretcher-hooks, tc'laterallystretch and retain the curtain in its tautposition, while at the same time the convex double (inside and outside)rocker bearings 29 of said hooks on the inwardly turned angle guides 1'5of the guide holder bars '7, constitute self-adjusting anti-crampingbearings, that facilitate the movement ofA saidy hooks. yAlso saidstiffening rod or rods 38, movable with'the curtain as it adjusts, bothVstretch said curtain laterally .and likewise constitutes a that Varrests any object that accidently falls against it, whether it be. achild thatfalls from the arms of its nurse, or a. passenger that` mayaccidentally stun1-v ble; .thus preventing-a precipitation throughthe'window, and also preventing any injury to eitherLcurtainor`window-from said faliing object.

`I claim as my invention-L' l. Incar curtain attachments, thecombinat-ion of the curtainsuspended from the usual springactuatedroller, the guide holder` bars 7, having the inwardly turned angleclutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic stay rod 16), having thepiston rod extension 3.3 and provided with the piston bore 25, theclutch stay1y` 4substantially 'as shown and described.

hooks 26, and the outer telescopic tube 17 2. In car curtainattachments, the combina-` tion of the inclosing frame, the curtain6sus-I pended frin the usualspring actuated roller, the guide holderbars 7, having the inwardly. turned angle clutch holds 15, and tlieperforate attachable flange ends 8, the'attachment screws .9, thesectional telescopic stay rod 16,`

and the stay hooks 26; said hooks having the dual inside and outsideconvejx ,rocker bearings 29,' that self adj ustably engage and travelv,

on theinside and outsi'de of said clutch seats` 15; substantially asshown and described. t

3. In car curtain attachmentsthe combination of the curtain suspendedfrom the usualspring actuated vroller,`the guide holder bars 7, havingthe inwardlyangle turned clutch u i holds 15, and-the curvedsui-mounting guide major enlarged en d 19, the iiiwardly pi'oject ingcentral extension 21,a,nd the springholder hook lug 24, and saidextension-provided with the center piston tubebore 25, the

secondary section 28, of said sectional stay. V rod, saidsection havingthe major end 27, pro vided -with the internal screw adjusting bore 30,'and .having the adjustable screw tipped y. minor extension rod 31,provided with the spring lock holder bore 35,. and `having the 8otelescopic piston rod 33, that worlis in said tube bore 25 of theadjacent section, the act-` uating coil spring 22, having the 'clutchloop 23, and the terminal hook 34, the outer telescopic tube 17, and thestay hooks 26: mountedl 8 5 on said clutch holds 15 of said guide barI7; substantially as shown a-nd described. 4, In car curtain attachments,the combina' tion of the curtain suspended-from the usualspring'actuated roller, theguide holder bars 9o 7, having theinwardlyangle turned clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic'stay rod 16, theactuating spring mounted on andsecured to mutual sections of said rod,and the stay hooks 26, having the double convex rocker bearings 29, andhaving the broad terminal' 26 that braces in contact lin'e with saidguide holder bar 7; substantially as shown and de, scribed. f

5.1In car curtain attachments, the combiname tion of the curtainsuspended from the usual spring actuated roller, the guide holderbars 7,having the inwardlyA turned angle clutch holds 15, the sectionaltelescopic stay rod 16, theautoi'natic actuating spring 22, ,the stayro5 hooks 26, the stiiening rod 38 having thei'ncunting hooks 42 saidhooks having the `dual convex rocker bearings 29, the perforateshoulders 39 of said stiening rod, and 'the rivets 41 that` attach saidrod to the curtain; x ia substantially `as shown and described.

6. In car curtain attachments,the combination of the curtain suspendedfrom the usual spring actuated roller, theguide holder bars .7, havingthe inwardly turned angle clutch holds 15, the sectional telescopic stayrod.16,

the self-actuating spring, niountedon and secured to diverse sectionslof said-rod, the stay and the stretcher hooks 43, having 'the dualconvex rocker bearings 29, and the rivets 45- :z o,

that secure said hooks to said curtain; su'b` stantially as shown anddescribed. f

I 7. In c'ar curtain.attachmentsgtheeumbination of the curtain suspendedfrom the usual spring actuated roller, the guide holder bars i 25 7,havingu the Vinwardly-turned angle clutch holds 15, thesectionaltelescopic stay rod 16, having the Vstay hooks 26 .said stay hookshaving the dual convex rockerA bearings 29 thes'elf adjustingactuatingspring 22, the 13o stiening rod 38, the rivets that secure said rod tothe curtain, the hooks 42 that secure `said rodto said clutch holds 15,the said hooks having the dual convex rocker bearings 29,

- 4 v v einem of said guide holder bars 7, and the stretcher 'hooks 43,having the perforate attachment stems 44, and having the dual convexrocker bearings 29, and the rivets 45, that secure 5 said attachmentstems to said curtain; substantially as shown -andfdescribed. g

8. In car curtain attachments, the combina'- tion of the curtainsuspended fron the usual spring actuated roller, 'the inciosing frame l,

lo the vside bars of said frame having the bevel attachment corners 13,the guide holder bars V7, having the inwardly turned angle clutch holds1-5, thestraight perforate attachment ends 82, having the bevel endlig-which attachment ends .are seated on said bevel corners 13, thescrewsQ that secure said perfoscopic stay rod 16, the self-actuatingspring mounted on and secured to diverse sections of saidtelescopic'rod,and the outer telescopic tube 17; substantially as shown and -raie 4endsto said corners, the sectional tele.

